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The list that follows is not exclusive, and certainly not exhaustive. Like any such list, it is based on the information that is most accessible, and there are many omissions. A number of ex-students have achieved academic distinction. Dr Paul Redner, who came to Princes Hill from Poland in the late 1940s, is a political scientist at Monash University. Graham Pascoe, a student between 1940 and 1947, lectures in marketing at Bathurst Institute of Technology. Dr June Rogers, an earlier contemporary, heads the Institute of Early Childhood Development. L. Landau is Professor of Child Health at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth. Professor John Mann, at Princes Hill Primary School in the early 1960s, is at Cornell Medical Centre, New York, which is at the forefront of world research in psychopharmacology. Dr Mark Medownick, his contemporary, is at Epworth Hospital. Arnold Zable was one of the first form 6 graduates at Princes Hill High School. After lecturing in politics at the University of the Melbourne he has turned his talents to writing. Two other writers, Amirah Inglis and Lily Brett, both passed through Princes Hill - Amirah in the early 1930s and Lily in the late 1950s. Sam Lipski, celebrated journalist, political commentator and editor of the Jewish News, and Dr Clifford Pannam, celebrated Queen’s Counsel and racing identity, both attended Princes Hill Central in the early 1940s; Sam came from Lee Street and Clifford from Errol Street. One of the contemporaries was Jack Faigenbaum, another Queen’s Counsel. All three continued on to University High School. Another journalist was Alan Dower, who attended school in the early 1920s. He attracted attention as a war correspondent and writer. Annette Klooger was only one of a number of Princes Hill students who found fame in the world of entertainment. She was one of the first singers to appear on television. Russell Hitchcock, one of the first generation of the high school’s students, has won international renown as the lead singer of the rock and roll band Air Supply. Don Battie, at Princes Hill School in the 1940s, and Bill Murdoch, another of the first-generation high-school students and subsequently a teacher at the high school, are directing and producing in theatre and television. Ben Lewin is a celebrated scriptwriter. John Bluthal, who was one of the refugee children referred to by Head Teacher Bryant in 1940, has won international recognition as a stage and cinema actor. He has worked with Sir Peter Hall at the National Theatre, played Fagan in a London production of Oliver, recorded Goon Shows with Spike Milligan, and played comic roles in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Return of the Pink Panther and Superman III. Steve Bastoni is a well known actor. He is best known for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in Police Rescue and as Steve Parker in Neighbours. Kelvin Coe, who came to Princes Hill in the late 1950s, was a celebrated principal with the Australian Ballet Company. Roy Sparkes, a student in the late 1930s, was a well-known Melbourne musician. Joseph Brown, who arrived at Princes Hill School in 1933, was one of many students to receive encouragement and help from Head Teacher Mylrea during the 1930s depression. Today, he is one of the foremost private collectors and dealers of Australian art. One student who has won renown as an artist was Quentin Sutton, a prominent mural painter. Ivor Evans, dux of the school in 1901, co-designed the Australian flag. A number of Princes Hill students have entered politics and the public service.27 David White, MLC for Doutta Galla since 1976, has been Minister for Health in the Cain Labor Government since 1985. David Smith, AO, CVO, CStJ, Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia since 1975, was a student at Princes Hill in the early 1940s. Frank Hardy, another ‘old boy’ and a long-time friend of the school, was a Councillor with the Melbourne City Council. Alec Cook, son of Councillor Cook and a student in the 1920s, was Secretary of the Harbour Trust. A. R. McKenzie, a student in the early 1900s, became President of the Harbour Trust. Whitehead was Chief of Melbourne Fire Brigade. Mr Jessop, his contemporary, was Director of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. W. Rowe, a student in the 1930s, was Chief Electoral Officer and Secretary of the Health Department. One female student of the late 1960s, who must remain anonymous, is an agent with Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation. In the world of business, the Smorgons have built a large empire encompassing meat, paper, steel and electronics.28 Victor Smorgon, the doyen of the family, only attended Princes Hill for a few months, while Simon Smorgon stayed longer. John Polglaze, a student and a founding member of the Princes Hill High School Advisory Council, was a senior executive with Australian Paper Mills.
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